Obey God Immediately

Don’t delay, wait, procrastinate, put off, or make excuses. Instead we’re to just do it.

“I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.” (Psalm 119:60)

If there’s ever a time to be in a hurry, this is it. When God tells us to do something we should do it immediately, whether we feel like it or not. Further, we don’t have to understand something to benefit from it.

I don’t understand how something as heavy as a commercial airplane can get off the ground, or how it can fly at such altitudes, but I still benefit by flying on one. I don’t understand how computers work, or the Internet, but I benefit from the time I save. I also don’t understand engines, but I benefit from driving a car.

I don’t always understand God’s commands, but by obeying them I’ve greatly benefited. Like the command to tithe, we have a hard time understanding when we’re in debt and can’t pay our bills, how can we benefit from giving the tithe? Yet God promises that He’ll open up the windows of heaven and remove the devourer that’s taking it all away.

Here’s a question. “What if God responded to our needs with the same speed that we obey Him?”

It also helps when we obey God to do so with the right attitude. But even if we have a wrong or negative attitude, it’s still better to obey.

We are also to walk by faith, not by feelings. That’s because feelings lie, and we have an incredible ability to believe our feelings rather than God’s word. Therefore, we’re to do what is right according to God’s word whether we feel like it or not, and we’re to do it immediately, not later.

If God tells us to do something we’re to do it immediately, and we continue to pray about it, or go to counseling about it, then it’s the same thing as delayed obedience, and delayed obedience is disobedience.